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Brendan

@almostadequate

Operations Manager for Molecular Pathology at UHB NHSFT. Recent graduate from Grumpy Young Man to Grumpy Old Man.

 Birmingham
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Joined November 2010
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‘A deeply unfair and unequal country’: report warns of unprecedented far-right gains in UK theguardian.com/society/arti…
‘A deeply unfair and unequal country’: report warns of unprecedented far-right gains in UK

‘A deeply unfair and unequal country’: report warns of unprecedented far-right gains in UK

Thinktank says decisive action must be taken to counter inequality in health, housing, poverty and the north-south income divide

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Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network theguardian.com/world/articl…
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🐔General election live: Farage says he is boycotting BBC as more Reform candidates dropped over past comments theguardian.com/politics/liv…

General election – as it happened: Farage says he is boycotting BBC as more Reform candidates...

The Reform leader complained of a ‘dishonest Question Time audience’, while his party also reported Channel 4 to the Electoral Commission

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(THREAD) It’s important that everyone RETWEET this thread. As some of you know, Elon Musk has been on a deranged tear trying to destroy one of the most reliable news sources in the world, REUTERS. The recent reports in this thread are the ones Musk doesn’t want *anyone* to share.
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Hi @BVTNews in late March my family, friends&local kids planted 10s of saplings in green space between Greyfox Park and St Laurence road. Today someone's mown and killed the majority. looks like an industrial mower so ?official estates team? Were they warned about the planting?
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Either @GarySambrook89 really likes me, or he's started early on the sherry. Happy Christmas to you too Gary!
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"As a private fief, Twitter could never be the world's public square. That was never the point." commondreams.org/views/2022/… via @commondreams
Don't Be Fooled. This Is What Elon Musk Is Really Up to With Twitter | Common Dreams

Don't Be Fooled. This Is What Elon Musk Is Really Up to With Twitter | Common Dreams

"As a private fief, Twitter could never be the world's public square," says @yanisvaroufakis about @ElonMusk. "That was never the point."

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Get out while you can Joel! @NOTYOUBENTLEY
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51.8 must be Putin's lucky number. Twitter lifts Donald Trump ban after Elon Musk’s poll theguardian.com/us-news/2022…

Elon Musk reinstates Donald Trump’s Twitter account after taking poll

‘The people have spoken,’ says site’s owner, having acknowledged during online poll that automated bots were voting too

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Surely a collosal waste of money, that was never going to be what the people who dreamt it up claimed it would be...is the perfect way to pay tribute to Brexit. Public spending watchdog to investigate ‘festival of Brexit’ theguardian.com/politics/202…
Public spending watchdog to investigate ‘festival of Brexit’

Public spending watchdog to investigate ‘festival of Brexit’

NAO to examine £120m Unboxed project after MPs call it an ‘irresponsible use of public money’

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If you haven't read this yet, please do. It's a powerful indictment of how the medical system failed pregnant women during the pandemic. “God, No, Not Another Case.” COVID-Related Stillbirths Didn’t Have to Happen. propublica.org/article/covid…
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I just signed the petition on @organisehq to protect our right to strike. Will you add your name? the.organise.network/campaig…
I've added my name to @GoodLawProject's petition telling @Ofgem they need to do more to protect customers as energy prices soar. Will you add yours too? actions.goodlawproject.org/f…
Take action | Good Law Project

Take action | Good Law Project

Get involved and take action with Good Law Project to fight back against the tide of hate.

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Hi @GarySambrook89 can you reassure your constituents about how passionately you're working to slow or stop an impending climate disaster. Your voting record for 2020 is pretty worrying #Birmingham #ClimateEmergency #NetZero
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Good summary of BA.4/5 @Nature by @ewencallaway nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
What Omicron’s BA.4 and BA.5 variants mean for the pandemic

What Omicron’s BA.4 and BA.5 variants mean for the pandemic

Nature - The lineages’ rise seems to stem from their ability to infect people who were immune to earlier forms of Omicron and other variants.

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Some of the best news I've had in weeks. Arron Banks loses libel action against reporter Carole Cadwalladr theguardian.com/uk-news/2022…
A small snapshot of our fantastic team. Proud to be the Lead Scientist for Life Sciences. You are all amazing! @UHBPathology
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As we wrap up our celebrations for #BiomedicalScienceDay2022 for another year, here are just some of the people who work behind the scenes in our labs. #Thankyou for all they do👏 @IBMScience #AtTheHeartOfHealthcare
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We have an exciting opportunity ⁦@gloshospitals⁩ working across teams to help us mainstream genomics in our trust. DM me for more info. beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/j…
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